Moving Walls International Brochure

Moving Walls International is an exhibition curated and sponsored by OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative and Documentary Photography Project. The work of seven photographers, culled from over 60 whose photographs have been shown in Moving Walls exhibitions in the United States, has been selected to tour the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The exhibition features portraiture, collaborative projects, social documentary work, photo montage, and war reportage.

Lori Grinker pairs portraits of veterans with their own words to explore the aftermath of war. Likewise, Eric Gottesman collaborates with his subjects to create portraits that reflect how people living with AIDS perceive themselves. Gary Fabiano, Andrew Lichtenstein, and James Nubile utilize photo montage; by juxtaposing images of people, objects, scenes, and words, they present composite narratives of social and political issues. Aleksandr Glyadyelov and Edward Grazda pursue projects in communities to which they are personally connected; Glyadyelov, the son of a Soviet army officer, makes pictures in Ukraine, where he has lived since 1974, while Grazda, after spending years working in Muslim countries, returns home to photograph Muslims in New York.

Written in both English and Arabic, the brochure features artists' statements and further information on the exhibition.